Simply put, corporal punishment is a straight forward contravention of the rights of a child.
It disturbs me greatly, therefore ...
Educating for our past, not our children's future
I have always found the notion of corporal punishment abhorrent. Throughout my career in education, I have found every opportunity to speak passionately about my views on the barbaric and uncivilised nature of exacting pre-mediated violence on a child as the consequence for a misdemeanour.
